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Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Vote: Bills — Shop Trading Hours Act 1990 Repeal (Easter Sunday Local Choice) Amendment Bill — First Reading

🗳️ That the Shop Trading Hours Act 1990 Repeal (Easter Sunday Local Choice) Amendment Bill be now read a first time.

TODD McCLAY (National—Rotorua): The hour of debate before the dinner break, and now this last 20 minutes, have been interesting and I thank all members for their contributions. I start by saying, on behalf of the people of Rotorua who for 19 years...

HansardID: 81167820-7ee7-4196-bb3d-cbbcf22ec41e
🛑 Bill failed here — this reading vote failed, and a bill can't proceed past a failed reading. So even though this isn't the third reading, it's the last we saw of this bill: it doesn't get another vote after this one.
🙋 Personal (conscience) vote — MPs voted as individuals rather than following their party's position. These are typically called on moral or ethical questions (e.g. euthanasia, abortion, alcohol law, marriage law), where by convention parties don't whip their members into a single position.
✕ Failed by a narrow margin (59 Ayes – 62 Noes – 1 Absent)

✓ Ayes (59)

New Zealand National Party (49)
ACT New Zealand (5)
Māori Party (3)
New Zealand Labour Party (1)
United Future New Zealand (1)

✕ Noes (62)

New Zealand Labour Party (41)
Green Party of Aotearoa / New Zealand (9)
New Zealand National Party (9)
Māori Party (2)
Jim Anderton's Progressive Coalition (1)